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Peter Sutcliffe
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02 Jun 1946
† 13 Nov 2020
Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020), also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980. Press reports dubbed him the Yorkshire Ripper, an allusion to the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper. Sutcliffe was sentenced to twenty concurrent sentences of life imprisonment, which were converted to a whole life order in 2010. Two of his murders took place in Mancheste...
Also Known As
Peter Coonan, The Yorkshire Ripper
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